Welt-strip.



o. c. DAVIS.

WELT STRIP. PPLsc/xlou FILED Mov'. 28, 1914. 1,139,403.

Patented vMay 11, 1915.

' UNITED fsTATEs PATENT oFFIoE.

Ioscnn o. news, or nnocK'roN, MASSACHUSETTS, AssxcNon or one-HALF To GEORGE n KEITH, or BRocxroN, MASSACHUSETTS.

WELT-STRIP.

Speciicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Application illed November 28, 1914. Serial No. 874,551.

l ,dall-:eoliche it may camera.'

.BS-itfglcnown that I, OscAn`C. Ilivxs, a citizenofthe United States, and resident -ofBro'cktoin.in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Welt-Strips, of which the following is a speci-iication. 1

In my copending application, Serial No.

1,861,468,1iled' September 12, 1914, I have showna Welt strip consisting of rubber and woven fabric, the woven fabric being em beddedin the rubber and serving as a rein forcing member. to receive the stitches and sustain the stresses imposed upon the strip.v

The rubberis vulcanized to cause interlocking with ,the reinforcing strip. So far as sustaining the stresses is concerned, Vsuch fweltstrip is entirely satisfactory, but there is' 4one ,disadvantage due to the fact that .stripis trimmed more than elsewhere. The

'outer edge of the reinforcing strip lies suf- V ficientlyp-close to .the outer edge of the rub- 25 berto :receive vthe outseam stitches around I the toecf the shoe, andconsequently. where the welt-strip is trimmed more closely to the inner edge, as alongthe shankportions, the reinforcing strip is exposed. If such reinforcing strip be woven fabric it causes a. l ragged edge Where it is exposed, and for thisreason the appearance ofthe welt strip is'rendered objectionable. The ragged apl lpearance thus caused is due in part to the `I 1 vof the layers become' separated, thus ymembers more perfect. A. due to my present improvement makes it" ',practicable to use leather for reinforcing fact that the top and bottom layers of rub ber have no direct connection with each other outside the line of stitches, beingA sepa l -'-rated by the interposed layer of fabric; and

y L `asthe rubberl in that case is entirely dependent upon beingvulcanized to the fabric to Ikeep the layers together, the outer edges giving more-prominence tofthe fabric. Y

,-lfIn orderl to yavoid the objectionable apf fpearance-de to the-causes above specified, I yhavemfuie an improvement whereby the' top and bottoni' layers''of'ubber are interlocked with the interposed reinforcing strip, the latter being speciallyprepared with formal tionsfor that purpose," although I still vulcanize the rubber= tomale the union of the The interlocking purposes; but, without such 4interlocking formations, leather would not afford any suitable means for holding Ythe rubber.- Of the accompanyin "drawings, which illustrate various forms 1n which the 4present invention may be embodied: Figure 1 represents a cross-'sectional view of a welt strip consisting of a mainv body of rubber and two layers of reinforcing'material one of which is leather and the other of' which is woven fabric, the top and bottom layers of rubber being united by integral connecting portions extendin through holes in the reinforcing layers.

similar tov Fig.G 2, showing a g reinforcing strip of leather the outer edge of which is serrated. The serrated formation in this' *igjQ represents a sec `tion through the structure as indicated byl hne 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 represents@v view modification `accomplishes the same result layers of rubber arek interlocked with,v the leather by coacting dovetail formations. Fig. 6 represents across-sectional' view oa portion of a' shoe which includes a welt stripl of the form shown byFig. l. The ISame reference' characters indicate the same parts wherever theyoccur. Y Referring first to the form Yshown by Figs.

1 and 2, the main bodyof the welt strip confs'ists ofrubber. The top .and bottoin'f layers.

of rubber are indicated at 10 and 11 respectively, and the outer marginal portion is in# dicated :at 12.. A groove 13 is. formed in the bottom layer to receive .the usual in-'. seam stitches 21 (see Fig. 6).:.f-In *this form the rubber is reinforced by two-contiguous layers 141 vand 15 of woven v:fabric and leather respectively. These reinforcing llayers are entirely inclosed. bythe rubber4 excepting as their outer edges' may be exposed in consequenceof trimming the marginal portion'1`2 ofrubber. In .orderto hold theV top and'bottom layers'of rubber against the reinforcing element when the marginal portion 12 is removed, I form thereinforc# ing layers with holes so that the rubber may bottom.v layers v1 0 and 11' as lindicatedat 16. The conneting portions '16.. may be located i marginal portion 112' would not, however, f

- rials by n 120i rubber, alon-gthe toe and all portions of the shoe, `would not. necessarily befentirely lremoved-'by 'the edge trimmer; but

along tbe shank portion it would, inl the l. majoritv-'of shoes,.be` entirely removed, soiu that the outeredges. of the, reinforcing layers lwould be 'eXposed.-The'removal of the leave the welt strip Without adequate means' to keep the-v top vandv bottom ylayers 10A and f 11 of rubber firmly aga-inst the v-rejinforcing element,jbecane.the connecting portions 16 f ofgrubber -pre'y'ent the top and bottom layers from pulling away from the reinforcing ele ment. Atthe Apoints where the union is due to 'fvulca-nization, 4such union is :preserved bythe connecting portions 16, and the sev-y eral layers are thus heldfirmly against each otl1er,'\notwithstanding'exposure due toremoi'alof' the marginal portion.12. v 1 In the form shown by Fig.` 3 there is but tion 12 of rubber to take the -outseam stitches 1 8)l around .the ft'oe zand ball portions of .a

shoe.'l Aroundy the toe and ball portion of .in frornthe outerfedgefof the Welt stri about as far as the dotted line "m-,fan some of. 'the st itcheswouldipass through theserrated portions of the greinforcing strip,

while vothers might bridge across the serrated portions; but ,in ,eith'erevent the presence of the ,reinforoingmaterial, even though not continuous affords suicient strength-to relieve the rubberto extent of the' stresses to whichthe stitches are subjected; v 3, Along the shank orti'on of the shoe the out-v seamstitehes wou d beset ba'ck from the outer and iex'erystitel would pass through thomi :vf-#m2 without necessarily. tr

vinforc'ing material". The edge trlmm i,

could work to line' :zz-'z'. latter line,1

` it will observed; is tlm 'points f 'andbasefsloflthefteeth,- and uhm theiwelt i 'outer-'marginal portions' of what remains `j`of .tl1e top andfbottom layers of rubberl `'stripl has been trimmed/to this the the 'shoe'the outseamstitcheswould bel set` said reinforcingr strip. V2. A welt strip comprising'a body ofrubif 10025395 betweenthe topi and bottom portions .ofasa'id- 1 edgefabout-as feras" the dotted line #-413 df' L`#would be like. indicated u 19 .man

" formations' form shownby `lifthere is but one reinfo and t i8 of leather is mdimefi at 153.

Pau-.isr'cha'nneled on its two rub .to provide dovetailfformations 20,20.

dependentlyof 'thev sticking of the two portionsare setf-lmfrom t e :lea-therwill remain intelocked throgghoutj the entire. length of; the welt strip. 1

' One lcharacteristic featurebf Vthe` shown-*is t at the urubber andfreinforcmg material are'. interlooked ewithA veach althou h theiinterlockin portions -form' s own by Fig."5 o notfextend tirely 4through the `reinforoingf layer -dogin the forms shown by Figs .11 4; 37* lI claimz' 'i l 1. A welt strip comprising-a ber and a reinforcing strip mlosed therein;

vbetween thev top, and bottom portions ,of

rubber body,- .fs'aid body and reinforcing str lpv having interlooked portions f arranged ber and reinforcing means inclosed therein'.

means having interlocked-portions ari'V saidreinforcingmeans. '3. A felt st'rip comprising a ybody= o f'rub 'v ber and a reinforcin between the top and bottom extending through said reinforcing strip strip inclosed therein 7 j I portions ofv said rubber body, portions of-sald rubber' body and fconnecting said top and bottom ,porl tions to keepfthelatter forcing strip.

4. A. welt strip comprising a'bodyofrubber and "-a reinforcin 'stripjnclosed therein between thetop and ottoni portions ofsaid rl 1 bbr;body,'

ortions of said rubber` body i anchor Vin said reinfrcing'stri i 4 `In testimonyxw'hereofI'have axe my e signature, in presence: of -two witnesses.

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`to keep said top and bottom portions'a'gainat-*I*4 

